Even though I love alternate history, I'm not gonna sit here and play what-ifs with you. I prefer to think that the need of the many takes precedence over the needs of the few. We can sit here all day and say, well if he did this, then that wouldn't happen.

>From: "<>"

>To: mathewtate@hotmail.com

>Subject: [twgsdotorg] Re: OT Military

>Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2003 22:11:21 -0500

>shrug

>the cop might actually stop a bus with a bomb on it the next week .. and a

>tower that has 4000 people will not get blown up ..

>so .. I dont buy logic where something that cant be replaced exist

>----- Original Message -----

>From: "sloppy"

>To:

>Sent: Sunday, January 12, 2003 2:59 AM

>Subject: [twgsdotorg] Re: OT Military

> >

> > No, I buy that argument that killing 150,000 people to save probably close

> > to 1 million US troops and 4-5 million Japanese is a fair tradeoff. If

>you

> > don't buy that, then you are saying that it isn't a good trade for a cop

>to

> > sacrifice himself to save 33 hostages?

> >

> > >

> > >If you buy that argument then you also buy the argument of killing every

> > >last person Now .. in 20 years time the population will be much higher

>than

> > >now .. so a large WMD fest Then will yeild large results compared to Now

>..

> > >

> > >----- Original Message -----

> > >From: "sloppy"

> > >To:

> > >Sent: Sunday, January 12, 2003 1:15 AM

> > >Subject: [twgsdotorg] Re: OT Military

> > >

> > > >

Yes, but there is also a

> > >difference between indiscriminate use of WMD, as opposed to our use which

> > >in

> > >the long run saved Japan and the US both from possible millions of

> > >casualties that an invasion of Japan would've caused.

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